FUL, grateful, obliged. (Thankless.) THANKLESS, ungracious, profitless, ungrateful, unthankful. THAW, melt, dissolve, liquefy. (Freeze.) THEATRICAL, dramatic, showy, ceremonious, meretricious. THEFT, robbery, depredation, spoliation. THEME, subject, topic, text, essay. THEORY, speculation, scheme, plea, hypothesis, conjecture. THEREFORE, accordingly, consequently, hence. THICK, dense, close, compact, solid, coagulated, muddy, turbid, misty, foggy, vaporous. (Thin.) THIN, slim, slender, slight, flimsy, lean, attenuated, scraggy. THINK, cogitate, consider, reflect, ponder, contemplate, meditate, muse, conceive, fancy, imagine, apprehend, hold, esteem, reckon, consider, regard, deem, believe, opine. THOROUGH, accurate, correct, trustworthy, reliable, complete. (Superficial.) THOUGHT, idea, conception, imagination, fancy, conceit, notion, supposition, care, provision, consideration, opinion, view, sentiment, reflection, deliberation. THOUGHTFUL, considerate, careful, cautious, heedful, contemplative, reflective, provident, pensive, dreamy. (Thoughtless.) THOUGHTLESS, inconsiderate, rash, precipitate, improvident, heedless. TIE, v., blind, restrain, restrict, oblige, secure, unite, join. (Loose.) TIE, n., band, ligament, ligature. TIME, duration, season, period, era, age, date, span, spell. TOLERATE, allow, admit, receive, suffer, permit, let, endure, abide. (Oppose.) TOP, summit, apex, head, crown, surface. (Bottom, base.) TORRID, burning, hot, parching, scorching, sultry. TORTUOUS, twisted. winding, crooked, indirect. TORTURE, torment, anguish, agony. TOUCH ING, tender, affecting, moving, pathetic. TRACTABLE, docile, manageable, amenable. TRADE, traffic, commerce, dealing, occupation, employment, office. TRADITIONAL, oral, uncertain, transmitted. TRAFFIC, trade, exchange, commerce, intercourse. TRAMMEL, n., fetter, shackle, clog, bond, chain, impediment, hindrance. TRANQUIL, still, unruffled, peaceful, quiet, hushed. (Noisy, boisterous.) TRANSACTION, negotiation, occurrence, proceeding, affair. TRASH, nonsense, twaddle, trifles, dross. TRAVEL, trip, ramble, peregrination, excursion, journey, tour, voyage. TREACHEROUS, traitorous, disloyal, treasonable, faithless, false-hearted, perfidious, sly, false. (Trustworthy, faithful.) TRITE, stale, old, ordinary, commonplace, hackneyed. (Novel) TRIUMPH, achievement. ovation, victory, conquest, jubilation. (Failure, defeat.) TRIVIAL, trifling, petty, small, frivolous, unimportant, insignificant. (Important.) TRUE, genuine, actual, sincere, unaffected, true-hearted, honest, upright, veritable, real, veracious, authentic, exact, accurate, correct. TUMULTUOUS, turbulent, riotous, disorderly, disturbed, confused, unruly. (ORDERLY.) TRUE, tone, air, melody, strain. TURBID, foul, thick, muddy, impure, unsettled. (Placid.) TYPE, emblem, symbol, figure, sign, kind, sort, better. TYRO, novice, beginner, learner.

UGLY, unsightly, plain, homely, ill-favored, hideous. (Beautiful.) UMBRAGE, offence, dissatisfaction, displeasure, resentment. UMPIRE, referee, arbitrator, judge, arbiter. UNANIMITY, accord, agreement, unity, concord. (Discord.) UNANIMOUS, agreeing, like-minded. UNBRIDLED, wanton, licentious, dissolute, loose, lax. UNCERTAIN, doubtful, dubious, questionable, fitful, equivocal, ambiguous, indistinct, variable, flunctuating. UNCIVIL, rude, discourteous, disrespectful, disobliging. (Civil.) UNCLEAN, dirty, foul, filthy, sullied. (Clean.) UNCOMMON, rare, strange, scarce, singular, choice. (Common, ordinary.) UNCONCERNED, careless, indifferent, apathetic. (Anxious.) UNCOUTH, strange, odd, clumsy, ungainly. (Graceful.) UNCOVER, reveal, strip, expose, lay bare. divest. (Hide.) UNDER, below, underneath, beneath, subordinate, lower,

inferior. (Above.) UNDERSTANDING, knowledge, intellect, intelligence, faculty, comprehension, mind, reason, brains. UNDERTAKE, engage in, embark in, agree, promise. UNDO, annul, frustrate, untie, unfasten, destroy. UNEASY, restless, disturbed, unquiet, stiff, awkward. (QUIET.) UNEQUAL, uneven, not alike, irregular, insufficient. (Even.) UNEQUALED, matchless, unique, novel, new, unheard of. UNFAIR, wrongful, dishonest, unjust. (Fair.) UNFIT, a., improper, unsuitable, inconsistent, untimely, incompetent. (Fit.) UNFIT, v., disable, incapacitate, disqualify. (Fit.) UNFORTUNATE, calamitous, ill-fated, unlucky, wretched, unhappy, miserble. (Fortunate.) UNGAINLY, clumsy, awkward, lumbering, uncouth. (Pretty.) UNHAPPY, miserable, wretched, distressed, afflicted, painful, disastrous, drear, dismal. (Happy.) UNIFORM, regular, symmetrical, equal, even, alike, unvaried. (Irregular.) UNINTERRUPTED, continuous, perpetual, unceasing, incessant, endless. (Intermittent.) UNION, junction, combination, alliance, confederacy, league, coalition, agreement, concert. (Disunion, separation.) UNIQUE, unequal, uncommon, rare, choice, matchless. (Common, ordinary.) UNITE, join, conjoin, combine, concert, add, attach, incorporate, embody, clench, merge. (Separate, disrupt, sunder.) UNIVERSAL, general, all, entire, total, catholic. (Sectional.) UNLIMITED, absolute, undefined, boundless, infinite. (Limited.) UNREASONABLE, foolish, silly, absurd, preposterous, ridiculous. UNRIVALED, unequaled, unique, unexampled, incomparable, matchless. (Mediocre.) UNROLL, unfold, open, discover. UNRULY, ungovernable, unmanageable, refractory. (Tractable, docile.) UNUSUAL, rare, unwonted, singular, uncommon, remarkable, strange, extraordinary. (Common.) UPHOLD, maintain, defend, sustain, support, vindicate. (Desert, abandon.) UPRIGHT, vertical, perpendicular, erect, just, equitable, fair, pure, honorable. (Prone, horizontal.) UPRIGHTNESS, honesty, integrity, fairness, goodness, probity, virtue, honor. (Dishonesty.) URGE, incite, impel, push, drive, instigate, stimulate, press, induce, solicit. URGENT, pressing, important, imperative, immediate, serious, wanted. (Unimportant.) USAGE, custom, fashion, practice, prescription. USE, n., usage, practice, habit, custom, avail, advantage, utility, benefit, application. (Disuse, desuetude.) USE, v., employ, exercise, occupy, practise, accustom, inure. (Abuse.) USEFUL, advantageous, serviceable, available, helpful, beneficial, good. (Useless.) USELESS, unserviceable, fruitless, idle, profitless. (Useful.) USUAL, ordinary, common, accustomed, habitual, wonted, customary, general. (Unusual.) USURP, arrogate, seize, appropriate, assume. UTMOST, farthest, remotest, uttermost, greatest. UTTER, a., extreme, excessive, sheer, mere, pure. UTTER, v., speak, articulate, pronounce, express, issue. UTTERLY, totally, completely, wholly, quite, altogether, entirely.

VACANT, empty, unfilled, unoccupied, thoughtless, unthinking. (Occupied.) VAGRANT, N., wanderer, beggar, tramp, vagabond, rogue. VAGUE, unsettled, undetermined, uncertain, pointless, indefinite. (Definite.) VAIN, useless, fruitless, empty, worthless, inflated, proud, conceited, unreal, unavailing. (Effectual, humble, real.) Valiant, brave, bold, valorous, courageous, gallant. (Cowardly.) VALID, weighty, strong, powerful, sound, binding, efficient. (Invalid.) VALOR, courage, gallantry, boldness, bravery, heroism. (Cowardice.) VALUE, v., appraise, assess, reckon, appreciate, estimate, prize, esteem, treasure. (Despise, condemn.) VANISH, disappear, fade, melt, dissolve. VANITY, emptiness, conceit, self-conceit, affectedness. VAPID, dull, flat, insipid, stale, tame. (Sparkling.) VAPOR, fume, smoke, mist, fog, steam.

VARIABLE, changeable, unsteady, inconstant, shifting, wavering, fickle, restless, fitful. (Constant.) VARIETY, difference, diversity, change, diversification, mixture, medley, miscellany. (Sameness, monotony.) VAST, spacious, boundless, mighty, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, huge, prodigions. (Confined.) VAUNT, boast, brag, puff, hawk, advertise, flouris parade. VENERABLE, grave, sage, wise, old, reverend. VENIAL, pardonable, excusable, justifiable. (Grave, serious.) VENOM, poison, virus, spite, 1.alice, malignity. VENTURE, ., speculation, chance, peril, stake. VENTURE, V., dare, adventure, risk, hazard, jeopardize. VERACITY, truth, truthfulness, credibility, accuracy. (Falsehood.) VERBAL, oral, spoken, literal, parcle. (Unwritten.) VERDICT, judgment, finding, decision, answer. VEXATION, chagrin, mortification. (Pleasure.) VIBRATE, oscillate, swing, sway, wave, undulate, thrill. VICE, vileness, corruption, depravity, pollution, immorality, wickedness, guilt, iniquity, crime. (Virtue.) VICIOUS, corrupt, depraved, debased, bad, contrary, unruly, demoralized, profligate, faulty. (Virtuous, gentle.) VICTIM, sacrifice, food, prey, sufferer, dupe, gull. VICTUALS, viands, bread, meat, provisions, fare, food, repast. VIEW, prospect, survey. VIOLENT, boisterous, furious, impetuous, vehement. (Gentle.) VIRTUOUS, upright, honest, moral. (Profligate.) VISION, apparition, ghost, phantom, specter. VOLUPTUARY, epicure, sensualist. VOTE, Suffrage, voice. VOUCH, affirm, asseverate, assure, aver.

WAIT, await, expect, look for, wait for. WAKEFUL, vigilant, watchful. (Sleepy.) WANDER, range, ramble, roam, rove, stroll. WANT, lack, need. (Abundance.) WARY, circumspect, cautious. (Foolhardy.) WASH, clean, rinse, wet, moisten, stain, tint. WASTE, v., squander, dissipate, lavish, destroy, decay, dwindle, wither. WASTEFUL, extravagant, profligate. (Economical.) WAY, method, plan, system, means, manner, mode. form, fashion, course, process, road, route, track, path, habit, practice. WAVE, breaker, billow, surge. WEAK, feeble, infirm. (Strong.) WEAKEN, debilitate, enfeeble, enervate, invalidate. (Strengthen.) WEARISOME, tedious, tiresome. (Interesting, entertaining.) WEARY, harass, jade, tire, fatigue. (Refresh.) WEIGHT, gravity, heaviness. (Lightness.) WEIGHT, burden, load. WELL-BEING, happiness, prosperity, welfare. WHOLE, entire, complete, total, integral. (Part.) WICKED, iniquitous, nefarious. (Virtuous.) WILL, wish, desire. WILLINGLY, spontaneously, voluntarily. (Unwillingly.) WIN, get, obtain, gain, procure, effect, realize, accomplish, achieve. (Lose.) WINNING, attractive, charming, fascinating, bewitching, enchanting, dazzling, brilliant. (Repulsive.) WISDOM, prudence, foresight, farsightedness, sagacity. (Foolishness.) WIT, humor, satire, fun, raillery. WONDER, v., admire, amaze, astonish, surprise. WONDER, n., marvel, miracle, prodigy. WORD, n., expression, term. WORK, labor, task, toil. (Play.) WORTHLESS, valueless. (Valuable.) WRITER, author, penman. WRONG, injustice, injury. (Right.)

YAWN, gape, open wide. YEARN, hanker after, long for, desire, crave. YELL, bellow, cry out, scream. YELLOW, golden, saffron-like. YELP, bark, sharp cry, howl. YET, besides, nevertheless, notwithstanding, however, still, ultimately, at last, so far, thus far. YIELD, bear, give, afford, impart, communicate, confer, bestow, abdicate, resign, cede, surrender, relinquish, relax, quit, forego, give up, let go, waive, comply, accede, assent, acquiesce, succumb, submit. YIELDING, supple, pliant, bending, compliant, submissive, unresisting. (Obstinate.) YOKE, v., couple, link, connect. YORE, long ago, long since. YoUNG, juve

nile, inexperienced, ignorant, youthful. YOUTH, boy, lad, minority, adolescence, juvenility. YOUTHFUL, young, juvenile, boyish, girlish, puerile. (Old.)

ZEAL, energy, fervor, ardor, earnestness, enthusiasm, eagerness. (Indifference.) ZEALOUS, warm, ardent, fervent, enthusiastic, anxious, (Indifferent, careless.) ZEST, relish, gusto, flavor. (Disgust.)

FOREIGN PHRASES INTERPRETED.

INCLUDING QUOTATIONS FROM LIVING AND DEAD LANGUAGES. While it is not considered good form to interlard one's discourse with phrases culled from foreign languages, there are many cases wherein a thought is more aptly and strikingly put in Latin or French than in English. When this is the case, it is certainly permissible to use that which gives the best expression to the thought. It is also well to have at hand a comprehensive dictionary that will show at a glance just what a word, phrase or sentence in a foreign tongue means. The pages which follow contain the most complete lexicon of the kind ever published. A bas, F., down with.

Ab extra, L., from without.

Ab initio, L., from the beginning.

Ab intra, L., from within.

A l'Anglaise, F., after the English (manner.)

A la mode, F., after the fashion.

Alere flamman, L., to feed the flame.

Ab normis sapiens, L., wise, without teach- Al fresco, It., in the open air. ing.

Ad interim, L., in the meantime.

A discrétion, F., at discretion.

Ad libitum, L., at pleasure.

Ad literam, L., (even) to the letter.

Ad modum, L., after the manner of.

Ad nauseum, L., to disgust.

Ad referendum, L., for reconsideration.

Ad rem, L., to the point.

Ad unum omnes, L., every one.

Ad valorem, L., according to value.

Alis volat propriis, L., she flies with he.
own wings. (The motto of Oregon.)
Allez vous en, F., begone.
Allons, F., come.

Alma mater, L., benign mother.
Alter ego, L., another self.

Alter idem, L., another similar.
Amende honorable, F., an apology.
A mense et thoro, L., from bed and board.
Amor patriæ, L., patriotism.
Amour propre, F., self-love.
Ancien régime, F., the old rule.
Anglice, L., in English.
Animis opibusque parati, L., prepared with
our lives and our money.
(Motto of
South Carolina.)

Anno ætatis suæ, L., in the year of his (or
her) age.

Anno Christi, L., in the year of Christ.
Anno Domini, L., in the year of our
Lord.

Anno mundi, L., in the year of the world.
Annus mirabilis, L., the wonderful year.

Ante bellum, L., before the war.

Ante lucem, L., before the light.
Ante meridiem, L., before noon.

A l'outrance, F., to the death.
Apercu, F., sketch.

Aplomb, F., firmly; perpendicularly.

A posteriori, L., reasoning from effect to

cause.

A priori, L., reasoning from cause to effect.

Ad vitam aut culpam, L., for life or for A propos, F., to the point; by-the-by.

fault.

Equo animo, L., with mind content.

Elatis suæ, L., of his (or her) age.
Affaire d'amour, F., a love affair.
Affaire d'honneur, F., a duel.

Affaire de cœur, F., an affair of the heart.

A fortiori, L., for stronger reason.
A la campagne, F., as in the country.

A la Francaise, F., after the French (man-
ner.)

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Aqua vitæ, L., water of life; alcohol. Argumentum ad hominem, L., an argument to the man.

Argumentum ad ignorantiam, L., an argument for the ignorant.

Argumentum ad baculum, L., an argument with a cudgel.

Arrière pensée, F., an after-thought.

Ars est celare artem, L., art is to conceal

art.

Audi alteram partem, L., hear the other | Cedant arma toga, L., let arms yield to the side.

Bis dat qui cito dat, L., he gives twice who Conquiescat in pace, L., may he rest in